Monday, May 10, 2021

If Lamont Runs, He’ll Be Hard To Beat


My latest column for CTNewsJunkie.com:

I've thought hi-and-lo about this and I cannot envision a scenario -- absent some sort of catastrophe -- in which Gov. Ned Lamont does not win reelection. In the absence of credible challengers -- either Republican or threats to his nomination by the Democratic Party -- he is well positioned to stay in office.

Unfortunately for the Republicans, their bench is a thin one. Businessman Bob Stefanowski, who ran against Lamont in 2018 and came within three percentage points of defeating him, does not appear to be in a stronger position than he was four years ago. Still, Stefanowksi seems to have been in campaign mode since giving his concession speech the day after the election on the zany morning show of a classic rock radio station. Within days, he began issuing statements on Lamont and seemingly appearing on any interview show that would have him.

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